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Earle-Sears<\/em><\/a>: \u201cThe media is making it out to be a huge, huge thing\u2026 and I don\u2019t understand why.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears continues to stay silent as thousands of federal workers start<\/a> to receive layoff notices, while hundreds of thousands more go without pay due to Trump\u2019s Shutdown. Over 320,000 federal employees live in the Commonwealth, underscoring how devastating Trump\u2019s mass-firing of federal workers is to Virginia families and the state economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earle-Sears continues to defend<\/a> Trump\u2019s economic policies that are driving up inflation and unemployment<\/a> in Virginia. In stark contrast, Abigail Spanberger will stand up against Donald Trump\u2019s reckless actions as governor and fight to lower costs and create jobs throughout the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, <\/em>DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVirginians are starting to receive layoff notices because of Donald Trump, yet Winsome Earle-Sears refuses to do anything to stop him. Trump\u2019s attacks on federal workers will devastate Virginians, where over 300,000 federal workers live. While Earle-Sears refuses to stand up for Virginia families, Abigail Spanberger is ready to fight for Virginia workers, create jobs, and lower costs for hardworking families who are struggling in Trump\u2019s economy. Virginians deserve someone who is fighting for them and not Donald Trump and his billionaire donors \u2014 and that person is Abigail Spanberger.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earle-Sears: \u201cThe media is making it out to be a huge, huge thing\u2026 and I don\u2019t understand why.\u201d  Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears continues to stay silent as thousands of federal workers start to receive layoff notices, while hundreds of thousands more go without pay due to Trump\u2019s Shutdown. Over 320,000 federal employees live in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDNC Slams Winsome Earle-Sears for Silence As Trump Fires Thousands More Virginians - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-slams-winsome-earle-sears-for-silence-as-trump-fires-thousands-more-virginians\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-14T22:19:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-15T12:20:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-slams-winsome-earle-sears-for-silence-as-trump-fires-thousands-more-virginians\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-slams-winsome-earle-sears-for-silence-as-trump-fires-thousands-more-virginians\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Slams Winsome Earle-Sears for Silence As Trump Fires Thousands More Virginians - 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